Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV Movie 1964) - IMDb Edit Storyline Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his beaming honker, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into the Abominable Snowman and find a whole island of misfit toys. Rudolph vows to see if he can get Santa to help the toys, and he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. But Santa's sleigh is fogged in. But when Santa looks over Rudolph, he gets a very bright idea... Written by Kathy Li Did You Know? Trivia Billie Mae Richards ("Rudolph") and Paul Soles ("Hermey") lived in the same Ontario retirement community during the years before Richards' death. See more » Goofs When Rudolph arrives home and finds out from Santa that his parents have been out for months looking for him, he heads off for the cave of the Abominable Snow Monster. But how did he know to go there?

See more » Quotes [first lines] Narrator: Sam the Snowman : If I live to be 100, I'll never forget that big snow storm a couple of years ago. The weather closed in and, well you might not believe it, but the world almost missed Christmas. Oh, excuse me, call me Sam. What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a talking snowman before? See more » Crazy Credits If you pay close attention to the opening credits, below the credit of "Burl Ives sings", you'll see a small house fly buzzing around on the fake snow! See more » Connections Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and The Island of Misfit Toys - Cast Images | Behind The Voice Actors Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and The Island of Misfit Toys Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and The Island of Misfit Toys Cast teethy said at 2:15 AM on Fri Jan 6 2017 This movie was somewhat enjoyable but as a big fan of 1964 classic the inconsistency bugs me a lot and kind of ruins it for me... elf school of the dental arts? I mean come on!

spongefan12 said at 7:19 PM on Tue Jan 14 2014 Oh man i loved this sequel as a kid i still remember every moment from this movie. :D said at 10:24 AM on Wed Nov 27 2013 This... scares me. No idea why lol! SupremeTarantulas said at 9:34 PM on Fri Nov 30 2012 @OptimusSolo A shame critics slammed this. It's a good thing that doesn't stop it from airing every year. The best part is they use all the original characters that were missing in the other sequels and of course the fact they sound so much like the original VA's. Why Is This One Of Your Favorites? - Share your reason with the rest of the community. My Reason: Cartoon Characters, Cast and Crew for Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Continuity Design: Anthony Peters. Submit Additional Information: Do you have anything to add to this page? Have we made any mistakes... or do you ahve any additional information about Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Please send us a quick note with your additions or corrections to this page, and we will make the corrections as soon as possible! Report Errors / Submit Additional Information Cartoon Summary: Sam the Snowman narrates the tale of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being teased and shunned by the other reindeer because of his beaming nose, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into the... ( more ) Read The Full Synopsis... Cartoon Comments: Below are comments about this cartoon submitted by people who have seen this show. Take a look and see what others have said about Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. We want to know what you think, too!! Feel free to share your own opinion- we do want to hear from you! You can add your own comments here .

This Show Ruined Rudolph Uncovering What The Bumble Monster Means in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - That Moment In Uncovering What The Bumble Monster Means in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer On Dec 12, 2016 Share Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a stop-motion animated television special based on the 1939 poem of the same name and the song it inspired. First aired in 1964, the Rankin-Bass produced film has been a staple of the holiday season since, entertaining children and adults for decades. The beloved characters have become iconic and synonymous with Christmas and are now the longest continuous-running Christmas show in history. Of those characters, it is perhaps the Abominable Snow Monster who has gained the largest following, its unique story earning more fans with every passing year. But what is it’s significance? Is there a deeper meaning to this creature, and in fact, all the characters Rudolph encounters in his journey? Let’s explore. Hermey Rudolph Abominable Snow Monster The Story Unfolds: Hermey the Elf dreams of being a dentist because what elf doesn’t?

But that dream is crushed by the mad Elf foreman who works his elves like the captain of a Roman Galley. Seeing production slowed, he berates Hermey for his ridiculous idea and tells him he had better get back to loving toy-making or be fired. Sounds like exactly what Hermey wants actually, but instead of getting the boot (pointy-toed slipper?), he holds off and then quits on his own, with literally no one around, and in song. But that’s how Elves roll. So, packing up his over-sized book of dentistry and jumping out the window (1st floor, don’t worry), he escapes the dreaded Elf work camp and heads off toward destiny. And it’s a good choice because if you’re gonna be unemployed with really no discernible skills, trekking into the wilds of the arctic with nothing but a dream and a comprehensive guide to proper dental care is truly the only way to go. Meanwhile, little Rudolph is having a bit of a bad spell. The fake plastic nose papa Donner fitted to his son’s nose popped off, and at the worst possible time.

As the young bucks are practicing their take-offs, doe-eyed doe Clarice gives Rudy the come hither eye and tells him he’s cute. Telling a deer he’s cute must be like slipping him ecstasy ’cause he flips out and takes to the sky like he’s wearing a jetpack. Feeling happy, he starts rough-housing with a pal and gets his nose sock knocked off again. His nose is so hideously not normal, the others practically begin to riot and the reindeer coach tells him he can’t join in anymore reindeer games. Shunned by everyone from his best friend to his father, he runs away, but thankfully the alluring Clarice slinks her way to his side and assures him that no glowing snout’s going to get between her and a good buck (some jokes just write themselves). But alas, it’s not to be as her father puts a stop to it before they can play the best kind of reindeer game. Frustrated, Rudolph moves on and straight into Hermey, who for some reason is buried in a snowbank. The two decide they’re misfits and are better off leaving town. Meanwhile, Santa is no help.

He is constantly shown as a man wholly unhappy with his lot in life. He doesn’t want to eat. He hates the elves and their singing, is tyrannical with his deer, and just plain nasty in his admonishment of Donner, telling him he should be ashamed of himself for having a son unlike the others. That’s harsh. How self-absorbed is this guy? At one point, Donner, Mrs. Donner and Clarice all head out to try and find Rudolph but eventually get captured by the Snow Monster. When Rudolph makes it home months later and discovers his family and girlfriend are missing, what does Santa say? That he’s putting together a search party? No, instead he whines that it’s almost Christmas Eve and without Donner he’ll never get his sleigh off the ground. Rudolph takes it upon himself to find the others and goes at it alone. Santa is brutal. Before that, when Rudolph and Hermey are braving the north by themselves, they meet Yukon Cornelius, the gold and silver prospector in search of the elusive peppermint mines of the North Pole.

A trio is formed but there’s not time to celebrate as Rudy’s shiny sniffer seems to be luring the Bumble Snow Monster of the North, also known as the Abominable Snow Monster, a massive furry creature with big teeth and giant googly eyes. Horrifying indeed. Time for a hasty escape. The Monster: Just what exactly is this snow monster, and what’s his angle? He’s apparently been around a long time, has no other family, and aimlessly wonders about with no clear objective. It lives in a cave as all such movie creatures must and appears to be the only predator in the great white north. When we first meet the beast, we only his see his feet and legs as it saunters past Donner and Rudolph. If he’s hunting, he’s spectacularly bad at it, as fresh deer meat is literally within, well, bending over distance. Abominable Snow Monster We’re told “he’s mean, he’s nasty and hates everything to do with Christmas,” so he’s Grinch with more teeth and no skill for rhyme. Unlike Grinch, the “hates Christmas” thing is never really explored other than him capturing a few reindeer who stumble into his particular neck of the woods.

Even then, he does little more than grip ’em like Kong with Ann Darrow. In the end, he’s defeated by pig noises and an elf dentist with a pair of pliers. But why is he in this story? As mentioned, he’s set up as the villain who hates the holiday, but that isn’t really the case. It’s not like he’s wrecking Whoville with his pet dog. He’s just walking around not really bothering anyone. Sure, he gives (sssloooow) chase to the gang, but that’s because he’s curious about Rudy’s glowy beak. Defining the Monster: So what’s the Abominable Snow Monster all about? As the antagonist, his role is to create conflict for the hero, who is of course, Rudolph. Rudolph is bullied by well, just about everyone, wherever he goes. He lives in constant derision. In the story, the monster is always “after” Rudolph, with Rudolph even commenting how his nose keeps giving him away. Bumble (Yukon’s nickname for the monster) represents Rudolph’s constant fear of harassment. Rudolph can never find a place where it won’t find him.

When Rudolph does finally face him–trying to save his family and the doe of his dreams–the power of this fear is too much and the Snow Monster knocks him out. Enter Yukon and Hermey. What’s a prospector and a dentist doing in all of this? Very specific things. They are the embodiment of what must come from inside Rudolph to defeat his fear. Yukon is searching for silver and gold, rare commodities that takes time and effort to find, but his true aim is peppermint, a sweet candy that has no value other than personal joy. The gold and silver are the perceived treasures of kindness from those Rudolph hopes will accept him, something he must dig deep for in order to find. Peppermint is the ultimate prize: self love. So where does Hermey fit in? Hermey literally pulls the teeth from the beast, rendering it utterly incapable of causing harm. The monster is in essence, toothless. The bully has no power. More: How about them misfit toys? On their journey, Yukon, Hermey and Rudolph come upon a strange island populated only by abandoned toys.

Each toy has a quirk or design flaw–some psychological (poor Dolly)–that left them unwanted. Charlie in the Box, an Elephant with pink spots, a train caboose with square wheels, a water pistol that shoot jam (how is this a bad thing?) and more all live together under the watchful eye of King Moonracer, a giant flying lion who rescues toys and brings them to the island until they can find a good home. The gang think they found a welcome place to stay but are turned away as they are not toys. Here, Rudolph learns that even among those he thinks are like him misfits, he is still alone. He hasn’t accepted himself yet. It is on the island, while they enjoy the one night’s stay the King agrees to, that Rudolph decides to strike out on his own, to run from the beast as long as he can. This abandonment of his true power (what the miner and the dentist represent) is the innocence and naivety of youth. He doesn’t know better and believes monsters are not only real, but unbeatable.

It isn’t until he matures (and grows an impressive set of antlers) that he finds the strength to face his foe and his inner strength arrive and defeat the creature, or more precisely, the efforts of Yukon and Hermey, the two parts of his personality that come together to weaken and the turn the monster around. Until that time, the Bumble Snow Monster of the North rules the land. When we first see him emerge from the icy white mountain tops and pursue the trio, it is a frightening site. As children, full of imagination, the Snow Monster is the stuff of nightmares and gives a face to the beast inside us many of are feeling at that age. The Take Away: It’s never explicitly explained what’s up with Rudolph’s red nose. How is it red? Why does it glow? Like anything that most feel is their weakness, it can become the very thing that makes them great. We may see our faults or quirks as odd, but we all have them and they all define us. We are all special for who we are. Facing our fears and not letting our differences hold us down is what Rudolph best represents. It’s a great message and one worth sharing year after year. What are your thoughts?

Director: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV Movie 1964) - Quotes - IMDb Hermey : [sadly] I just don't like to make toys. Head Elf : Oh, well, if that's all... What? You don't like to make toys? Hermey : [sadly again] Nnno. Head Elf : [to the other elves] Hermey doesn't like to make toys! Elves: [whispering to each other, then chorusing to Hermey] Hermey doesn't like to make toys. Shame on him! Head Elf : Do you mind telling me what you do want to do? Hermey : Well, sir, someday, I'd like to be a... a dentist. Head Elf : A - dentist? Hermey : Well, we need one up here. I've been studying. It's fascinating; you've no idea. Molars and bicuspids and incisors... Head Elf : [interuppts] Now listen, you: you're an elf, and elves make toys.

[shoving the dentistry book away and shoving the cart that Hermey was painting back to him] Head Elf : Now, get to work! [whistle blows] Head Elf : Ten minute break! [Hermey smiles, but then the head elf jumps him] Head Elf : Not for you! Finish the job, or you're fired! Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Narrator: Sam the Snowman : Now you can bet that old Donner felt pretty bad about the way he had treated Rudolph, and he knew that the only thing to do was to go out and look for his little buck. Mrs. Donner wanted to go along, naturally, but Donner said... Donner : No. This is man's work. Narrator: Sam the Snowman : And no sooner did the man of the house leave when Mrs. Donner and Clarice decided to set out on their own. Now they were really taking their chances, because you see, that little ice boat had run into a pack of mighty-weighted fog.

Rudolph (Rankin/Bass) | Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Wiki Chilly and Milly (adoptive nephew and niece) Friends His parents Donner and Mrs. Donner, Clarice , Hermey , Yukon Cornelius , Santa Claus , Bumble , Comet , Fireball (presumably), Other Reindeer and Elves, Happy, Aeon, Mr. Cuddles/Toy Taker, Queen Camilla, Frosy the Snowman, Crystal, Chilly and Milly, Big Ben, 1 Million B.C., Sir 1023 and 1776 Enemies Bumble (formally), Fireball (formerly), Other reindeer (formerly), Mr. Cuddles/Toy Taker (formerly), Winterbolt, Aeon (formerly), Sam Spangles, Scratcher Voiced By Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and The Island Of Misfit Toys This article is about the Rankin/Bass character.

For the character from the 1944 film see Rudolph (1944) and for the 1998 film, see Rudolph Rudolph is the son of Donner and Mrs Donner, the boyfriend of Clarice, the head reindeer of Santa Claus's sleigh team and the main protagonist of the 1964 film, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer . It's sequels, 1976's Rudolph's Shiny New Year , 1979's Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July and 2001's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and The Island Of Misfit Toys Contents Edit Rudolph was born one spring to Donner and Mrs. Donner, but moments after his birth, his nose lights up much to the shock of his parents. Shortly after, Donner's boss Santa Claus arrives to see Rudolph and also sees his nose light up and says he hopes it will stop if Rudolph wants to join the sleigh team. Wanting his son to look normal, Donner puts mud on Rudolph's nose, but it doesn't stay on.

One year later, Donner places a fake nose over Rudolph's that makes look normal, but unfortunately makes him talk in a odd voice. Rudolph goes to take part in The Reindeer Games with the other yearlings where he befriends a young buck named Fireball and falls in love with a doe named Clarice . After being told by Clarice that she thinks he's cute, Rudolph leaps high in the air with joy which impresses Donner, the coach Comet and Santa. However after a playful tussle with Fireball, Rudolph's fake nose falls off revealing his red one, which causes him to be ridiculed by Fireball and the other yearling buck and is banned from the rest of the games by Comet. Rudolph runs off, but Clarice (who doesn't mind Rudolph's red nose) catches up with him and sings "There's Always Tomorrow" to him, but then Clarice's father arrives and tells Clarice to come home as he doesn't want her to be seen with "a red-nosed reindeer" which she reluctantly does.

After Clarice and her father have left, Rudolph meets and befriends an elf named Hermey , who has left his job at Santa's workshop to become a dentist and the two decide to run away together. However, Rudolph's nose attracts a Snow Monster named Bumble and the two hide from him and are found by Yukon Cornelius who helps them escape Bumble. The trio arrive at The Island Of Misfit Toys and asks the island's ruler King Moonracer if they can stay. Moonracer says that only misfit toys can stay but let's them say the night and asks Rudolph to ask Santa to find homes for the misfit toys. That night whilst Hermey and Yukon are asleep, Rudolph leaves, not wanting to allow his nose to get them in trouble again. Rudolph goes befriend two polar bear cubs, but it doesn't last long because of his nose. Months later, Rudolph now a young adult decides to return home but is laughed at by three other young bucks. Rudolph returns to his cave and finds it empty and learns from Santa that his parents and Clarice had left to look for him.

Rudolph leaves to look for them and finds them being held hostage by Bumble and battles him, but is knocked unconscious by the Snow Monster. Luckily, Hermey and Yukon arrive and knock out Bumble before Hermey pulls out his teeth. After regaining consciousness, Bumble still tries to attack the group but Yukon sacrifices himself by knocking Bumble off a cliff side taking himself with him. Rudolph, his parents, Clarice and Hermey arrive at Santa's workshop where they are happily welcomed by the other reindeer and elves. Later, Santa says he won't be able to deliver his presents because of the snow storm. But after seeing Rudolph's nose light up, he asks him to guide his sleigh to which the reindeer agrees. Keeping his word with King Moonracer, Rudolph tells Santa to find the misfit toys homes and Santa agrees to do just that. Rudolph and the other sleigh team members guide the sleigh off into the night whilst being watched by Donner, Mrs. Donner, Clarice, Hermey and the other reindeer and elves. Edit Rudolph later returned in a sequel titled Rudolph's Shiny New Year, set almost immediately after the events of the original special.

In it, he is told by Father Time that Happy, the Baby New Year, has gone missing because everyone laughed at the sight of his oversized ears. Having put up with similar teasing about his nose in the first special, Rudolph says that he knows how Happy felt. Accompanied by Big Ben, he ventures to the Archipelago of Last Years, since Happy has presumably gone there. In his travels, he is eventually joined by One Million B.C., 1023, and 1776. After Happy is captured by a giant vulture named Aeon the Terrible and brought to the Island of No Name, Rudolph finds him and shares his own story with him, encouraging him to overcome his problem. Edit Rudolph's last appearance in a Rankin/Bass Christmas production was the made-for-TV movie Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July. By the time of its events, Rudolph has become great friends with Frosty the Snowman and his family, so much that Frosty and his wife Crystal's twin children, Chilly and Milly, look up to him as their adoptive uncle.

The film also provides a more detailed backstory for Rudolph's nose, explaining that Lady Boreal made it shine as a defense against the evil Winterbolt , and that its power lasts only as long as Rudolph uses his gift for good. During the events of the film, Rudolph, along with Frosty and his family (who are wearing amulets that prevent them from melting in the hot weather, provided by Winterbolt pretending to be a nice person), appear as guest stars at the Sea Side Circus at the Beach's Fourth of July show, in order to save it from being shut down. However, Winterbolt employs an evil reindeer named Scratcher to take advantage of Rudolph's kindness and steal the circus' money. Upon finding out, Rudolph reluctantly agrees to take the blame after making a deal with Winterbolt to extend the powers of the amulets that Frosty's family is wearing. Because of this evil act, his nose stops glowing. However, after he manages to retrieve Frosty's magic hat after Winterbolt steals it, his nose regains its glow.

In the end, after Winterbolt is vanquished and Jack Frost arrives to save the melted Frosty family, Rudolph decides to temporarily stay with the circus until they've gotten out of their debt. Edit In this film (which was created by Goodtimes Entertainment, who made Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie ), Rudolph along with Hermey, Yukon, Bumble and Clarice set out to defeat a being called the Toy Taker , who is stealing toys from their owners and has recently taken toys from Santa too. At the climax of the film, Rudolph and the others discover that the Toy Taker is in fact a damaged looking teddy bear called Mr. Cuddles, who took the toys to prevent them from being cast out by their owners when they get too old for toys, after his owner Steven grew older and stopped playing with him, before being supposedly thrown out. Santa explains to Mr. Cuddles that Steven did not mean to throw him out and intended to keep him. Mr. Cuddles is then repaired by Queen Camilla , before being taken by Santa to be given as a gift to Steven's daughter.

A subplot in the film shows Rudolph considering being given a normal nose by Queen Camilla, but later decides against it after Clarice tells him that she likes him just the way he is. He also teaches Clarice how to fly as well. Gallery Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Rankin/Bass) | Christmas Specials Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Rankin/Bass) 3,650pages on DVD Blu-ray Rudolph the Red–Nosed Reindeer is a long-running Christmas television special produced in stop-motion animation by Rankin/Bass , and the company's first Christmas special. It originally aired on NBC on December 6, 1964, and is now the world's longest-running and highest-rated television special of all time. It is based on the song of the same name by Johnny Marks , which in turn was based on the 1939 poem of the same title, written by Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May , who was an advertising copywriter for Montgomery Ward .

Marks also wrote the music and lyrics for the songs in this special, and the background soundtrack includes two more songs he made famous - " I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day " and " Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree ". Contents SPOILER: Plot details or story follow. Santa talking to Rudolph. Sam the Snowman narrates the story of Rudolph , the son of Donner , Santa Claus 's lead reindeer. As the story begins, Donner and his wife are surprised to find that their newborn fawn's unusually red nose is capable of glowing. When Santa visits their cave to meet the fawn and sees the glowing nose, he warns Donner that Rudolph will not be able to pull the sleigh if he keeps carrying this trait for the rest of his life. Consequently, Donner tries to conceal Rudolph's nose with a fake nose made of dirt. A year later, Rudolph's parents take him to participate in the Reindeer Games, where he and all of the other young bucks are trained to fly and pull Santa's sleigh when they get older. Donner still tries to hide the nature of Rudolph's nose with the cover, which causes his voice to sound as if he had a permanent cold.

Despite this, two deer befriend him - a little buck named Fireball , and a beautiful doe named Clarice , who thinks Rudolph is cute. But during some horseplay, Fireball inadvertently pops the cover off of Rudolph's nose. After seeing his glowing nose, the other reindeer, including Fireball, start ridiculing him, and Comet , the coach, bans Rudolph from the Reindeer Games as a result. Santa even gives Donner a harsh scolding as well, disappointed in how Rudolph had such a great takeoff, but then humiliated himself because of Donner wanting to hide his nose. Clarice is the only one who still likes him and tries to comfort him, but their musings are interrupted by her father , who forbids her from being around Rudolph. Rudolph meets Hermey. Meanwhile, one of Santa's elves, Hermey , has problems of his own - he wishes to be a dentist instead of a toymaker. The elf foreman , outraged at Hermey's persistent disruption with his dentistry studies, scolds him and tries to get him to obey, but he refuses to change his interests, even under the threat of losing his job.

As a result, Hermey decides to resign and run away. He eventually meets Rudolph, who has run away into the forest, feeling outcast and heartbroken. The two bond after they discover they each have something that makes them unique. After deciding to be "independent" together, they set out to seek "Fame and Fortune." After the song ends, however, the Abominable Snowmonster of the North , a carnivorous monster who hates Christmas and feeds on reindeer, begins chasing them, due to being attracted by Rudolph's red and shiny nose, but they manage to escape him. Rudolph, Hermey, and Yukon Cornelius meet King Moonracer. The next day, Rudolph and Hermey meet Yukon Cornelius , a prospector who is obsessed with finding silver and gold. The Abominable Snowmonster (which Yukon refers to as "the Bumble") appears again and pursues the trio, once more due to being attracted to them by Rudolph's nose, but they manage to escape on an iceberg, thanks to the Bumble being unable to swim.

Eventually, they arrive on the Island of Misfit Toys , an island home for unloved toys ruled by a winged lion named King Moonracer . Because they are misfits but not toys, he allows them to spend the night on his island, requesting that, when they return to Christmas Town, they ask Santa to help find homes for the homeless toys. However, while Hermey and Yukon rest, Rudolph leaves on his own, having realized that his nose is a danger to his friends. A few months later, Rudolph grows into a handsome young buck. He decides to return home, despite still being ridiculed by the other reindeer when they see him. When he arrives back in his cave, he finds that his parents are not there. He learns from Santa that they left to go looking for him after he ran away, and Clarice went with them. Rudolph begins searching for them just as a terrible blizzard begins, and he soon finds them being held captive by the Abominable Snowmonster. He attempts to rescue them but is knocked unconscious. Fortunately, Hermey and Yukon Cornelius arrive, having been sent there by Sam, and hatch a rescue plan to save Rudolph and his family.

Luring the monster out of the cave, the pair knock the Snowmonster unconscious, and Hermey extracts his teeth. Rudolph awakens, but the also-awakened beast tries to block them from escaping. Yukon chases the now-toothless Snowmonster to a cliff, eventually knocking himself, his sled team, and the monster over the edge. The now-reformed Abominable Snowmonster puts the star on the tree. Mourning the apparent death of their friend, the others return home, where they tell everyone what happened, after which Rudolph and Hermey stop being ridiculed. Santa promises Rudolph that he will find homes for all the Misfit Toys, the Elf Foreman agrees to let Hermey open his own dentist's office next week, and even Donner apologizes to Rudolph for being critical about his nose. Just then, Yukon and his dogsled team, who survived falling off the cliff, make a grand entrance with the tamed Snowmonster. Yukon informs everyone that the monster has reformed his evil ways and has come seeking a job.

The monster shows them that he is able to place a star on top of a Christmas tree without the use of a stepladder, and everyone decides to keep him around. Rudolph, leading Santa's sleigh. On Christmas Eve, Santa receives a report saying that the snowstorm will not subside, so he decides he'll have to cancel his annual Christmas Eve flight. While announcing the bad news to the elves and reindeer, however, Santa is caught by Rudolph's gleaming nose and, realizing that its light could cut through the storm, asks him to lead his sleigh, which he agrees to. After making the preparations, Rudolph leads the sleigh to the Island of Misfit Toys, and Santa takes them along the flight, where they are dropped off to their respective homes. With Rudolph leading the sleigh, it turns out to be a merry Christmas after all. Spoilers end here. Soundtrack The cover to the soundtrack album. A soundtrack album was released in 1964 by Decca Records . The album was available in mono (DL 4815) and stereo (DL 74815), and featured all of the songs from the special.

Because General Electric was the sponsor from 1964 through 1966, this album was issued as a premium gift with a purchase of any GE item. The album was later reissued in 1973 on MCA 15003; it remains in print on CD to this day. Production notes Burl Ives, the voice actor of Sam the Snowman. The original pre-production work for the special did not include the character of Sam the Snowman. The songs sung by Sam, such as "Silver and Gold", were originally intended for Yukon Cornelius. Larry D. Mann had even recorded all of the songs as Yukon Cornelius prior to filming. However, Ives was brought on at the last minute to give the special "full power" that would help sell it to the networks, so the character of Sam the narrating snowman was added. Although Sam resembles Ives, he was actually designed to look like the writer of the special, Romeo Muller. Due to the last-minute addition of Sam the Snowman, several scripted scenes were abandoned and never filmed. One such scene included Rudolph being delivered to Donner and his wife by a stork.

The original network airings of the special were sponsored by General Electric ; three special GE commercials featuring the elves from the special were produced and aired alongside the show. On the title card, the copyright year in Roman numerals was mismarked as MCLXIV (1164) instead of the correct MCMLXIV. There are only six reindeer in addition to Rudolph, instead of the usual eight. It has been confirmed that there are only six reindeer because of the time that the creators had to make them, and because they were rather expensive to build. Edits The original 1964 airing did not include the closing scene where Santa picks up the misfit toys. That scene was added in 1965, in response to complaints that Santa was not shown fulfilling his promise to include them in his annual delivery. However, due to time constraints, some existing material had to be trimmed to make room for this new scene in subsequent broadcasts.

When the special was rebroadcast in 1965, the song "We're a Couple of Misfits" was replaced with a newly-produced musical sequence entitled "Fame and Fortune." The original scene was rediscovered in 1993 and restored in 1998, bringing "We're a Couple of Misfits" back to its original spot. "Fame and Fortune" was included as a bonus feature on Sony Wonder 's 2002 DVD release of the special, but has not appeared on any subsequent video releases. Starting in 2005, however, CBS's annual presentation of the special instead uses animation for "Fame and Fortune" synced with a poorly-edited version of "We're a Couple of Misfits". Most rebroadcasts, as well as the Family Home Entertainment VHS releases, cut out the instrumental bridge from "We are Santa's Elves". Throughout the special, Yukon Cornelius is seen throwing his pick axe into the ground, taking it out and licking it. It turns out that he is checking for neither gold nor silver; Yukon was actually searching for an elusive peppermint mine.

In a scene right at the end of the special's original broadcast, deleted the next year to make room for the Misfit Toys' new scene, Cornelius pulled his pick from the ground, licked it and said, "Peppermint! What I've been searching for all my life! I've struck it rich! I've got me a peppermint mine! Wahoo!" The scene was restored in 1998 and has been reinstated in all the subsequent home video release except for the 2004 DVD release. However, this scene is still cut from recent televised airings. The original 1964 broadcast had a completely different sequence for the end credits, in which the elf who accompanies Santa on the sleigh ride is shown dropping off gift boxes which list all the technical credits. The following year, when the Misfit Toys' new scene was added in, the credits sequence was also redone so that the elf is shown dropping off some of the Misfit Toys. At some point in the 1970s, the sequence featuring the song "We Are Santa's Elves" was removed entirely, along with Donner telling his wife not to help him search for Rudolph.

[1] Broadcast history and availability The special was broadcast on NBC from its premiere in 1964 until 1971. CBS acquired the broadcast rights to Rudolph the following year and has aired it every year since. In 1988, Rankin-Bass sold many of the pre-1973 specials and series (including this special) to Broadway Video, headed by Lorne Michaels of Saturday Night Live fame. Broadway Video's children's division was then sold several years later to Golden Books Family Entertainment. Golden Books Family Entertainment later spun off into Classic Media, which was part of the Entertainment Rights group in the United Kingdom until 2009, when the company was bought by Classic Media's successor, Boomerang Media. In July 2012, DreamWorks Animation SKG purchased Classic Media, and currently holds those rights under the DreamWorks Classics banner. The special is now in the ownership of NBCUniversal , who purchased DreamWorks Animation in April 2016.

VHSFamily Home Entertainment 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition DVDNovember 4, 2014 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition Blu-rayNovember 4, 2014 Sequels In 1976, Rankin/Bass produced a New Year's special starring Rudolph which served as a sequel, titled Rudolph's Shiny New Year . A feature-length film starring Rudolph was later made in 1979, entitled Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July , which also served as a follow-up to Frosty the Snowman and its sequel, Frosty's Winter Wonderland . In 2001, a fourth film was released by Goodtimes Entertainment, titled Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys . This film, starring the same characters from the original, was produced entirely with computer animation as opposed to stop-motion animation. The cover to The Island of Misfit Toys graphic novel. In 2014, in honor of the special's fiftieth anniversary, a graphic novel titled The Island of Misfit Toys was written by Brendan Deneen.

The graphic novel serves as an interquel to the special, with the bulk of the story's events taking place between Yukon and the Snowmonster going over the cliff, and their showing up at Santa's workshop. In the story, Charlie-in-the-Box accidentally drifts out to sea when the snowstorm hits, and King Moonracer goes searching for him, accompanied by Dolly , the Spotted Elephant , the Ostrich-Riding Cowboy, and the train whose caboose has square wheels. On the way, they are joined by Yukon and the Snowmonster, who have been searching for Yukon's sled dogs, as they got separated from him when they went over the cliff. The comic notably expands on the respective backstories of Dolly and the Cowboy, who become close friends during the adventure. References in other media In the newspaper comic strip FoxTrot , Rudolph, Hermey, Yukon Cornelius, Sam, and the special's version of Santa Claus made cameos in a storyline that ran from December 16-21, 1996, in which Paige dreams of visiting the Land of Animated Christmas TV Specials.

A later FoxTrot strip, published on December 5, 2002, has Peter watching a new TV special featuring the Rudolph characters that was apparently written by Jason, titled Rudolph's Lord of the Rings Christmas. In November 2007, the Aflac insurance company aired a commercial that featured Rudolph, having caught a cold, not wanting to miss work. All his friends say that he will not be able to pay for his expenses. Santa Claus then tells them about Aflac. Charlie-in-the Box wonders what will happen if Rudolph is not better by Christmas, but Rudolph imagines that the Aflac duck can fill in for him. A week later, Rudolph recovers, but Blitzen is sick, so the Aflac duck is filling in for him. A 2011 commercial for Bing.com features the Abominable Snowmonster failing to scare elves with a weak, high-pitched roar, which leads him to search on the service for videos of scary monsters, which he imitates to form a much more menacing presence.

A follow-up commercial features the Snowmonster, Hermey and Yukon Cornelius using Bing to find the perfect vacation spot, which turns out to be the Island of Misfit Toys. A 2012 commercial for Windows Phone Daily features Bumble with the Misfit Toys as he is texting on his cell phone, and somehow every time he smiles or does something, the misfit toys would flee from Bumble, but after the commercial, it turns out that Dolly understands Bumble more than the other Misfit Toys. References in other Christmas specials In " A Pinky and the Brain Christmas ", Pinky mentions to Brain that he wants to be a dentist instead of an elf (to which Brain replies, "You've been watching too many Christmas specials, Pinky"). In the Kim Possible episode " A Very Possible Christmas ", upon landing at the North Pole, Ron and Drakken quote the "Land ho!"/"No kidding" dialogue that Yukon and Hermey said upon arriving at the Island of Misfit Toys.

In The Simpsons episode " 'Tis the Fifteenth Season ", Homer Simpson briefly watches a fictional stop-motion television special titled The Year Santa Got Lost, in which several of the Misfit Toys from this special are shown listening to a story told by a mailman voiced by Jimmy Stewart . Cast

Question: Who's missing: Hermey; Yukon Cornelius; King Moonracer; Clarice; Bumble
Answer: Rudolph